Adrian Hupka is a hands-on product and tech leader based in Munich with nearly a decade of experience building and scaling engineering and design organizations across startups and large enterprises. Currently Head of Design & Engineering at Tacto, he has repeatedly grown high-performing distributed teams—once scaling a product delivery org from zero to 120+ with under 2% turnover. He blends deep technical chops from roles at BMW and Elli (Volkswagen Group) with product leadership that has shipped B2B SaaS and B2C products reaching six-figure MAUs. Adrian is comfortable shifting between strategic leadership and day-to-day engineering, fostering customer-obsessed cultures among designers, PMs, and engineers. His background in transport telematics (MSc, TU Dresden) and early robotics research gives him a systems-minded approach to product architecture and operational reliability. Colleagues describe him as a builder who scales teams and processes without losing hands-on engineering rigor.
9 years of coding experience
9 years of employment as a software developer
MSc (German “Diplom-Ingenieur”) Studies of transport and transportation engineering specializing in telematics, MSc (German “Diplom-Ingenieur”) Studies of transport and transportation engineering specializing in telematics at Technische Universität Dresden
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Adrian Hupka - Head Of Design & Engineering at Tacto